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2002–03 Irish League Cup

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2002–03 Irish League Cup
CIS Insurance Cup
Tournament details
Country Northern Ireland
Teams20
Defending championsLinfield
Final positions
ChampionsGlentoran (4th win)
Runner-upLinfield
Tournament statistics
Matches played47
Goals scored146 (3.11 per match)

The 2002–03 Irish League Cup (known as the CIS Insurance Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 17th edition of the Irish League Cup, Northern Ireland's secondary football knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 3 December 2002 with the final.

Linfield were the defending champions after their seventh League Cup win last season; a 3–1 victory over Glentoran in the previous final. This season both clubs met in the final again but this time Glentoran defeated Linfield 2–0 in the final to win their fourth League Cup overall, and second in three years. This was the fourth time in six years that the two clubs had met in the final, with Linfield coming out on top on all three of the previous occasions.[1][2]

The twenty clubs taking part were divided into four groups of five clubs based on region. The clubs in each group played each other once, either at home or away. The top two clubs from each group then advanced to the quarter-finals where they played a single knock-out tie against another quarter-finalist. The semi-finals were played in the same format with the two winners of the ties advancing to the single match final.

Group stage

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Eastern Region

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts CLI CRU CRK LRN BCC
Cliftonville (A) 4 2 2 0 6 3 +3 8 1–1 2–1
Crusaders (A) 4 2 2 0 4 2 +2 8 1–1 1–0
Carrick Rangers 4 1 3 0 4 2 +2 6 1–1 2–0
Larne 4 1 0 3 5 7 −2 3 0–1 4–2
Ballyclare Comrades 4 0 1 3 2 7 −5 1 0–2 0–0
Source: rsssf.com
(A) Advanced to quarter-finals

Greater Belfast Region

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts LIN GLT LIS ARD BGR
Linfield (A) 4 3 1 0 10 5 +5 10 4–3 3–0
Glentoran (A) 4 2 2 0 6 3 +3 8 1–1 2–1
Lisburn Distillery 4 1 1 2 5 5 0 4 1–2 1–1
Ards 4 0 2 2 5 8 −3 2 1–3 0–0
Bangor 4 0 2 2 0 5 −5 2 0–0 0–2
Source: rsssf.com
(A) Advanced to quarter-finals

Northern Region

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts BYM OMA COL INS LIM
Ballymena United (A) 4 3 1 0 15 3 +12 10 3–1 5–1
Omagh Town (A) 4 3 1 0 6 2 +4 10 0–0 2–1
Coleraine 4 2 0 2 11 10 +1 6 1–3 4–3
Institute 4 1 0 3 5 10 −5 3 0–1 1–0
Limavady United 4 0 0 4 3 15 −12 0 1–7 1–5
Source: rsssf.com
(A) Advanced to quarter-finals

Southern Region

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts POR GLA DUN NEW ARM
Portadown (A) 4 3 0 1 13 4 +9 9 1–2 7–0
Glenavon (A) 4 2 0 2 5 4 +1 6 0–2 3–0
Dungannon Swifts 4 2 0 2 7 7 0 6 2–3 2–1
Newry Town 4 2 0 2 4 6 −2 6 2–0 0–2
Armagh City 4 1 0 3 3 11 −8 3 0–1 1–3
Source: rsssf.com
(A) Advanced to quarter-finals

Quarter-finals

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Ballymena United 2–0 Crusaders
Cliftonville 0–5 Omagh Town
Linfield 2–0 Glenavon
Portadown 1–2 Glentoran

Semi-finals

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Glentoran 5–3 Ballymena United
Omagh Town 2–3 Linfield

Final

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Glentoran2 – 0Linfield
Halliday 27'
Smyth 63'		 Report

References

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  1. ^ "Northern Ireland - List of League Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. RSSSF. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Northern Ireland League Cup 2002/03". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. RSSSF. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
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